Top Academic Says “Vaping Is Considerably Safer Than Smoking”

He’s reiterating what is quickly becoming the consensus of health experts around the world but in a superb interview Dr. Riccardo Polosa also calls for a major overhaul of the Tobacco Products Directive – the infamous TPD.

Speaking to the eureporter he blew away the myths of passive vaping – said over the next decade over 6 million premature deaths could be thwarted and slammed the so called ‘gateway effect’.

Incidentally Dr Polosa is the guy who famously held up a piece of burned toast during the recent Science and Technology Committee leaving UK MPs in no doubt the safety of e-cigarettes.

Here’s just a few of the quotes he gives in the interview:

Clinical findings on e-cigarette users who have been using these products long-term do not show any early sign of damage to the lung. Also, our work in patients with respiratory conditions shows that e-cigarettes can help reduce cigarette consumption, are very well tolerated and can improve respiratory outcomes in patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) that have switched to regular vaping.

I am confident that, under normal conditions of use, these products are unlikely to raise significant health concerns.

Existing tobacco control policies to reduce cigarette use have been only modestly effective and integration with a strategy of switching cigarette smokers to e-cigarette use to accelerate tobacco control progress should be now considered. Recent estimates indicate that replacement of tobacco cigarette by e-cigarette use over a 10-year period may prevent 6.6 million premature deaths, in the US alone.

No Evidence Of Passive Vaping

Unlike second-hand tobacco smoke, there is no direct evidence that passive exposure to vaping may cause significant harm to bystanders.

Phillip Morris Inc Tobacco Shares Plummet

Market insiders say this is due to a downturn in sales of the iQOS Heat Not Burn Product [see above] in Japan.

PMI Chief Financial Officer Martin King said:

We’ve looked at trends of other new products and new successful launches in other situations, and there’s almost always periods where you get surging adoption, and then it plateaus a bit as you enter some new consumer dynamics and categories.

And then it tends to resume some growth rates. And we think we’re at one of those points.

It was just an issue of whether this torrid pace of growth would continue uninterrupted or whether we would hit some points at which we need to adjust a bit and approach consumers in a little bit different manner.

What that ‘different manner’ could be is open to debate [see above lol].

Vaping Banned Outdoors In Sydney Australia

As from July vaping in all public places in Sydney – including outdoors where smoking is not allowed will be banned.

The Smoke-free Environment Amendment Bill 2018 is the latest in banning orders and follows other Australian states with similar legislation.

Those caught ignoring the ban could face fines of up to $550.

The legislation comes in a week that saw a number of Australian politicians calling for the current ban on nicotine based e-liquids to be lifted.

North Sydney federal Liberal MP told the Aussie media that vaping could save:

…thousands of lives if long-term smokers turn to them as an alternative to tobacco.

I took the view that e-cigarettes are an important part of a harm minimisation approach.

E-cigarettes are not a 100 per cent safe product but they do much less harm than smoking cigarettes.

While there is debate about how much less harm they do most studies point to their being significantly less likely health impacts from vaping. E-cigarettes provide an option for those hard core smokers who have tried and failed to quit.

Sticky End For Get Wrecked Court Case

A US e-liquid company has been ordered to stop selling juices that ‘mimmick’ well known chewing gum and candy products.

As we reported back in June 2017 Wrigley had taken legal action against another e-liquid firm Chi-Town Vapers – a case that was also held in favour of Wrigley.

This case against Wrecked Juices LLC stated the descriptions of two of their juices – Pink Starburst and Skeetlez was too similar to their candy brands.

Last week Illinois Judge John Z. Lee agreed with Wrigley and ordered Wrecked to stop selling them – pay Wrigley’s court costs and send the remaining e-liquids to them for destruction [or to be wrecked I guess].

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